safety pin

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Adding insult to injury, to settle a debt, Hunt sold the 1849 patent rights for something that could have kept his legacy alive: the modern-day safety pin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The clothing items found with her remains included a dark-green sweater with a white safety pin attached to the front, dark-green trousers and a long-sleeved pink sweater.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2023

But when he continued, she realised that it was deliberate - and the safety pin she had used to keep her scarf in place "saved the day".

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2023

“My safety pin busted out of my pants, as I was running,” Glasper joked while pulling up his pants on the Microsoft Theater stage after winning the award on Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2023

I affixed the black plastic cutlass to the side of my white vendor’s smock with a safety pin.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole